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The Juicy Lucy - a South Minneapolis Special
From Wikipedia:
A juicy lucy (or jucy lucy) is a hamburger where the cheese is cooked inside the burger. A piece of cheese is surrounded by raw meat and cooked until it melts, resulting in a molten core of cheese embedded in the burger. Since this cheese is scaldingly hot and has a tendency to gush out over the lips at the first bite, most places that serve juicy lucys make a point of warning people that appear to be new to the establishment to let the burger cool before eating.

It is popular in the Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota area, and though it is in dispute, was apparently invented at Matt's Bar in south Minneapolis (Matt's is the source of the "Jucy Lucy" spelling). The 5-8 Club further south on Cedar Ave also claims to have invented the sandwich, although that restaurant uses the "Juicy Lucy" spelling. In some ways it can be considered the Twin Citian equivalent of the cheesesteak, and engenders similar feelings of protectiveness in some people. However, gourmet reinterpretations of Lucy are encouraged, rather than quashed (unlike similar and better-known signature dishes of other cities, like the cheesesteak or the Chicago style hot dog).

My version of The Juicy Lucy - 1.5 pounds of meat, 6 slices of cheese. You jeal.

( The Juicy Lucy - a photospread )

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